Ginger-ale settler



H. 8. NESBITT. GINGER'ALE ssmsa. APPLlcATloN. man Amma, 192|.

Patented Jan. 3, 1922.-

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GINGER ALE SETTLER.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.2s.1921.

APatented Jan. 3, 1922.

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UNITE@ STATES kP A E' HUGH S. NESBITT, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

GINGER-ALE SETTLER. l

Application filed August 26, 1921.

`provement in Ginger-Ale Settlers, and declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same,refer` ence being had to the accompanying Adrawings, which form a partof this specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for settling ginger-ale and similarcarbonated fluids, and has for its Object an improved device of thischaracter adapted to reduce to the minimum the more or less inevitablefoaming of the iiuid when it has .reached the stage of manufacturelwhere the cooling process is to begin, preparatory to use.

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Figure l .is a perspective, partly in phantom and partly with a portionof the outer shell broken away to show the disposition of the partstherewithin.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevational view of the device taken through adiameter, its

height being purposely abbreviated as shown by the broken lines.

Figure 3 is a planview of the upper one of the perforated plates orfoaming screens, taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 2, and looking inthe direction of the arrows there shown.

Figure t is a similar view of the lower one of the perforated plates,taken along the line 4 4 of Figure 2, and looking in the direction ofthe arrows thereshown.

A indicates an outer shell or drum, preferably composed `of two metallicenclosing walls, spaced from one another by filling of non-conductingmaterial, and B represents the inner drum, which is of so much smallerdiameter than the outer drum that there is left sulicient space betweenthem for the cooling coils C, and, if desired, an ice packing. The topof both drums is adapted to be closed by the removable cover piece D,provided with a transparent center portion E of the same diametricalsize as the smaller one of the drums, so that while the appa-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 3, 192.2.

serial N o. 495,752.

ratus is in use the degree of foaming of the ginger-ale may be observed`through this glass top without removing the cover D as a whole.

The inlet or supply pipe F, controlled by the valve G, enters fromwithout through the walls of the two drums, and thenfturns rightangular-ly upward. Supported on the collar J, which engages `about theupturned pipe, isl the lower or finer perforated screen H, which extendscompletely across the lower portion of the inner drum B. The upperkportion of the pipe F is perforated as at'L,

so that the fluid supplied therethrough may be laterally projected into,that portion of the drum B. immediately about the lower screen H. Theupper end of the pipe F is closed by the cap M, which is preferably of amushroom form, so as to aid in affecting the lateral projection of lthefluid through d the holes L and well to the sidezportions of the drum Bbefore it can rise toward and through the upper and more coarselyperforated plate K, which rests on the top of the cap N. From the spacebetween the bottom of the drum B and the lower plate H, leads thewithdrawal pipe M, suitably controlled, as by the faucet P. From thelower portion of the outer drum A leads the sedi i ment vent Q.

In operation, the freshly manufactured carbonated fluid is admittedthrough the pipe F and emerges with considerable foaming effect throughthe holes L in the top end of the pipe, and quite soon thefoamingportion rises through the larger perforations in the upper plateK, though the passage of even the foaming portion of the fluidAtherethrough tends to materially reduce that characteristic, and anappreciable quantity of the fluid, now comparatively cleared of foam,falls back through the holes in plate v K and around the edges into thespace between the platesA K and H and thence through the holes in thelower plate H, through which as well there falls at the outset anappreciable quantity of fluid that is free from foam. This is withdrawnthrough the outlet pipe M. The cooling of the primarily foaming fluid,which at the same time tends to decrease with the drop of temperature,is effected through the medium of the coils C, which may be augmenteditdesired by ice packed thereabout in the space between the drums A and B.

What claim is:`

l. in combination with an outer drum, anY inner drinn spacedly enclosedthereby, a cooling coil arranged within the outer druni and about theinner drinn,a pair of perforated discs spacedly disposed in horizontalplanes near lthe bottom end ot said inner drnni7 a supply pipe adaptedto discharge iiuid in the space between said perforated discs, and awithdrawal pipe leading 'lirorn the space beneath the lower one of said4 perforated discs.

' posed within saidL drum aboveaiid below the discharo'e end of saidsuijlY )ipe a discharge pipe leading `trein the space in said drinnbeneath the lower one oi said periorated plates,a coolino coil engagingabout said containing drinn, and an outer shell'V spacedly engagingabontsaid coolingV coil and said containingV drum.

3. The combination, with a pair of drinn members spacedly-arranged onewithin the other, ot a cooling eoillocated in the soace separating thewalls oit said drums, pair of perforated plates spacedly located insubstantially parallel planes near' the bottom of the'inner drum, asupply pipe having its e end located in the space between saidperforated plates, and a withdrawal pipe leading troni the space in theinner drinn beneath the lower one ot said pertorated plates.

li. ln combination with a containing drinn, a pair ot eerforated platesspacedly located therein, a supply pipe having,` its discharge endlocated between said perforated plates, means or effecting a lateraldeflection et the iuid emerging from the end oiifsaid supply pipe, adischarge pipe leading iroin that portiono'f said drinn beneath thelower one of said perforated plates, andcoelingmeans surrounding saiddrinn. Y Y i lnconibination with an inner drum, an enter drum spacedlyarranged thereabout in position to contain cooling `means in the spaceseparating their walls, a pair of perforated plates spacedly disposedwit-hin said inner drum, a supply pipe having itsV discharge end locatedbetween said'perforated` plates, a withdrawal pipe leading from aposition in Vsaid inner drum beneath the lower one oit said perforatedJlatesVV and jrneans lappnftenant to Veach of said pipes for regulatingthe ilow therethrough.

ln testimony whereof, l sign this speciiication inthe presence oit twowitnesses.

Y HUGH S. NESBITT.

llfitnesses Y lVILLiAM M. SWAN, A.. A. Siamese.V

